Journal archives for September 2022

September 9, 2022

SF Bay Harmful Algae Bloom 2022 Followup

First of all thank you to all of you listed here. Your efforts were heroic. I can't believe how much shoreline got covered in such a small amount of time and some of these edges of the bay were very hard to access and you did it!

Baykeeper, working with SFEI and CDFW wants to be able to use your un-obscured GPS locations for sturgeons.

Specifically Jon Rosenfield of Baykeepers says " mapping reports of dead sturgeon will help us to understand the extent and spatial distribution of the impacts on sturgeon . From this, we can infer some things about where the sturgeon were, and how much of their Bay habitat was impacted. Also, the map will be an educational tool for managers and the general public"

If you are comfortable with your data being used in this manner, please join the project
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/aggregating-sf-bay-harmful-algal-bloom-2022
and select to TRUST project admin with coordinates. If you don't feel comfortable, don't feel obliged

Once again without all of you I don't think we could have known the full extent of the damage this Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) had on the bay and why we need as a community to take steps towards minimizing the chances of these in the future.

@merav
@keeferchunk
@barbarab
@damontighe
@ian1039
@thehyphaemovement
@gtgb
@leptonia
@possiblybuddha
@anudibranchmom
@morgancantrell
@kueda
@dmdevinc
@graysquirrel
@mariettahikes
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@alisutch
@dankillam
@ground_gazer
@lookoutforamanitas
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@skwee
@cere
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@darwinbondgraham
@meaander
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@all2human
@ameet
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@anne1618
@artmouse
@aslaught
@belaoakland
@bio_alchemist
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@butjama
@cdkcdk
@daveexclaims
@deantroi
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@emugang
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@gekirk
@hellion7
@jackscheinman
@jalexknox
@jef_poskanzer
@juliandurante
@kate_kriozere
@katie877
@king2d3d
@kyansrussell
@l_m_r
@lena100
@lenastray
@mhammond
@natureisra
@pafernandez
@pistachioboy
@ramon234
@reverendshotwell
@rholzman
@rockybajada
@rowena-k
@sf_angler
@sljue
@sstodola
@sustainability4life
@suzannecarter180
@szjhobbs
@vanessa1286
@vsouza10
@weissfamman

Posted on September 9, 2022 06:42 AM by damontighe damontighe | 2 comments | Leave a comment

September 13, 2022

SF Bay Harmful Algae Bloom data access request

Hi!

Thanks so much for helping track the effects of the SF Bay Harmful Algal Bloom
If you are being @ below it means that you have observations about the SF Algal Bloom that the California Department of Fish and Wildlife would like to use.

iNat auto-obscures white and green sturgeon observations since they are threatened species in the SF Bay and delta system and CDFW is very interested in understanding the effects of this bloom on them.

Please share your locations by joining the project:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/aggregating-sf-bay-harmful-algal-bloom-2022

click the cog wheel next to "Your Membership"
Trust this project with hidden coordinates?
= Yes, for any of my observations

Your observation gps location will only be visible to administrators of the project, which are me and 3 people from the iNat team.

If you don't want to share your data in this way, I respect that too, just let me know you are choosing not to share it.

Thanks once again for your help in understanding the effect of this harmful algal bloom
-Damon

@ameet
@edwardrooks
@suzannecarter180
@all2human
@sustainability4life
@vsouza10
@artmouse
@belaoakland
@sf_angler
@rholzman
@king2d3d
@hellion7
@l_m_r
@weissfamman
@jef_poskanzer
@jackscheinman
@donnal1
@gekirk
@katie877
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@emma657
@bio_alchemist
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@foggyinsf
@deantroi
@juliandurante
@mariettahikes
@reverendshotwell
@sstodola
@lookoutforamanitas

Posted on September 13, 2022 04:36 AM by damontighe damontighe | 0 comments | Leave a comment